But how can that prevent you from getting a new license to a new version of the software? How are those connected? They're connected because some of the origin

But how can that prevent you from getting a new license to a new version of the software? How are those connected? They're connected because some of the originally licensed copyrighted material still exists in the new version. You would get a clear license to any new material that you hadn't previously licensed (and hence hadn't violated the license of), but that's not very helpful. Or how about a new version of the software that was rewritten from scratch, and has no code shared with the one you were temporarily in violation from? If it doesn't contain any material that you'd previously violated the license of, then you would seem to be in the clear.